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: ‘for basic ruled of the road are endemic in B.C.; as the statis-’
: ics show: according, to ‘Transport Canada’ our province has
worst casualty rate in, the country, topping the national average by 25%. And last
ear ICBC inclirred clainis‘of $2.1: billion, mostly attributable to eecidents,'S So buckle
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